1976 William Maxwell Vocational High School Yearbook -

New York: American Book Company, 1908. Gray cloth with black titles and decoration on covers and spine. 91 toned pages followed by several pages of publishers other publications. No evidence that the book is ex-library (we actually know the provenance) but it does have a rough glue area inside back cover. Rear end page (blank) also has rough area and large tear. We can guess that a library pocket may have been removed. Contents include: The City of Boston: Its Past; How It Grew by Florence Converse; How Boston Is Governed by Myron E. Pierce; Public Education by Charles M. Lamprey; Our City Streets by Meyer Bloomfield; How City Money Is Raised and Spent by Harvey S. Chase; The Public Parks, Playgrounds, Baths and Gymnasiums by Sylvester Baxter, much more. We note words underlined in pencil on page 7 and some stray pencil marks on page 58; a half inch tear in the margin of page 15 and some fingermarks on light soil on fep; bumped back corners. Title page has seal of the City of Boston. Color… Read More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1868. Wear to covers including bumped corners, possible water damage to front cover. Water stain visible on lower corner blank fep and up to title page of book (three pages, nothing obscured) The author has dedicated this book to "The Queen" (Victoria) and named the "Albert N'yanza in memory of the late illustrious and lamented Prince Consort" (Albert) 499 pages including index with some tanning. Separation inside front and back hinges. Color map of The Albert N'yanza has been mended with tape in one spot and has an inch tear along fold in another spot. It folds easily and was attached during publishing. Binding is broken at pages 176/177 with covers and pages firmly attached. 2nd American Edition. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. 2nd American. Cloth.… Read More

Boston: Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1846. Thin blue cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. This ex-library book has been professionally rebound both boards and endpapers are in great condition and probably 100 or more years younger than the rest of the book. 59 pages with some library markings including some punch throughs. Bright pages with no foxing. Pages are not flat. Penciled price on blank page after fep. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase price benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. First. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Henry S. Goodspeed & Co., 1873. with an Introduction by Dr. L.P. Brockett 8vo size decorative cloth; 1,158 pages. Every page has a beautifully decorated engraved border: angels, cherubim, seraphim at the top and an open bible centered among flourishes at the bottom. There are also several hundred full page black and white engraved illustrations. Dark brown endpapers. Covers are brown cloth with bevelled edges. They are decorated with gilt titles and illustrations and black decorations. Ingram Cobbin (1777 - 1851) was an English minister. When ill heath forced his retirement from the pulpit, he turned to writing hymns and biblical and scholastic works. Book is partly disbound with front cover detached bound to front endpaper and back cover partly detached. Worn corners and head and heel of spine and to detached areas. We note finger marks or ink transfer to several pages; name and notes on ffep; two small amounts of soil on back cover, a small mottled area on front cover and… Read More

New York: National Council of Catholic Men, 1950. Twelve addresses delivered in nationwide Catholic Hour, produced by the National Council of Catholic Men, in cooperation with the National Broadcasting Company, from February 3, 1946 through April 21, 1946. Third edition published April 1, 1950. 82 pages. Stapled binding. Penciled price on front cover. Thin paper. We noted at least 10 pages with wrinkles which occured during publishing and a small abrasion on back cover. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. 3rd. Stapled. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. The provenence of this antiquarian volume is what makes this book unique. Pasted to the inside cover is the bookplate of Louis Agassiz Shaw, co-inventor (along with Philip Drinker) of the iron lung in 1928. 394 lightly tanned pages followed by several pages of publisher advertisements. Some rubbing wear to maroon cover. We noted some red pencil marks to equations on page 175. Some mild foxing to endpapers. A poor quality rubber cement repair has been made to inside cover and title page, so residue is visible on the seams of those pages and title page does not open flat. Shaw bookplate has caused a darkened area the shape of the bookplate, paste residue on bookplate. Small green stamp on fep, penciled price, penciled price on page v. Rubber cement residue on inside seem of back cover. Small blemish on back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . 3rd. Cloth. Good/No… Read More

Boston: D Lothrop & Co., 1887. Rare volume from 1887 with contributions from well-known writers and artists. 4to sized, brown clothbound hardcover with gilt titles and decorations. 112, heavy, glossy pages with many full page illustrations. Many pages are blank on the reverse. Bright gilt trim on all edges. Unique three color endpapers. Purple satin ribbon bookmark tucked inside. A special volume. Contributors: Susan Coolidge Adeline D.T. Whitney Sarah O. Jewett Margaret Sidney Nora Perry Celia Thaxter Harriet Prescott Spofford Margaret J. Preston Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Lucy Larcom Kate Putnam Osgood S M B Piatt Illustrations by: George Foster Barnes Edmund H. Garrett Hy Sandam F. Childe Hassam W. L. Taylor. Inked name on blank page following fep. Worn corners, 8.5 inch tear to exterior spine, edgewear. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Barnes, George… Read More

Boston: Page, 1904. 8vo size pictorial clothbound hardcover; 283 toned pages followed by a nine page publisher's catalogue. From book: "I'm not ashamed of myself," replied her sister, scornfully. "I'm ashamed of you. You're just as extravagant as you can be. You spend every cent of your husband's income, and now you want to saddle him with a big boy, a girl, and an-" Inscription on fep dated 1903, although 1904 is the publication date. Split to binding after fep and again at inside back hinge seam; wobble. Pictorial cover is in amazingly good condition with very little paint loss. Bumped corners. Titles and illustrations are bright on spine; there is a stain, perhaps paste on spine. There is a little foxing to the borders on the frontispiece. Pages are in great condition. Slight fray to top and bottom of spine. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your… Read More

London: Sands & Co., 1902. 8vo size maroon clothbound hardcover with bright gilt titles; 246 toned pages. Contents include: Catholics and Criminal Statistics Christ's Attitude to the Pharisees Acting on Principle Heaven and Hell as Antidotes to Worldliness The Reign of Christ The Incarnation and the Greek View of Life The Immaculate Conception a Development of Doctrine The Church and Liberal Catholicism What brought John Henry Newman into the Catholic Church Do Catholics lead Better Lives than other Men? The Majesty of God Freewill in God and Man The Meaning of the word 'Sectarian' A School of Catholic Thought at Oxford Intercessory Prayer The Theory of Morals Progressive Morality The Law of God Canon Law in its Application to Laymen The Law and Grace The Sanction of Reward Ex-seminary library book with minimal markings. Bumped head and heel of spine; edgewear. Penciled price on fep. Damage to back endpaper where pocket was removed. Slight creases on several page corners;… Read More

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1913. Ex-library with typical treatments. Deep green cloth with bright gilt titles on spine and cover and illustration on cover. 335 toned pages. Edgewear. Pencilled price on fep. Black and white illustrations and decorations. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Revised. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.